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Urban History Review articles from March 2001
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Urban History Review archives from March 2001
Jacques Greber, Urbaniste et Architecte.
March 1, 2001... Jacques Greber (1882-1962) was born into an artistic family in Paris, and admitted in architecture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1901. [1] He was a fine student, winning several prizes during the arduous training at the Ecole. On his...
Revisiting Jacques Greber's L'Architecture aux Etats-Unis: From City Beautiful to Cite-Jardin.(Critical Essay)
March 1, 2001... Abstract
In 1920, Jacques Greber published what was and still is the largest book on U.S. architecture and urban design ever issued in France. His dual agenda was to stress the impact of Beaux-Arts design methods (presenting his gardens...
The Elusive Faces of Modernity: Jacques Greber and the Planning of the 1937 Paris World Fair.
March 1, 2001... Abstract
The occasion of the first commission that Jacques Greber received to plan the new city centre of Ottawa--the 1937 Paris International Exposition--was the scene of the first encounter between the proponents of the New Architecture...
Un projet inconnu de Jacques Greber: La Cite jardin de Villeray du Domaine Saint-Sulpice a Montreal [1].(Critical Essay)
March 1, 2001... Resume
Le present article analyse le plan inedit de la Cite-jardin de Villeray situe dans le Domaine Saint-Sulpice a Montreal dresse par l'architecte et urbaniste francais Jacques Greber en juillet 1935. Ce plan; decouvert par le...
Weaving a Modern Plan for Canada's Capital: Jacques Greber and the 1950 Plan for the National Capital Region.
March 1, 2001... Abstract
The 1950 Plan for the National Capital is one of the most significant documents in Canadian planning history. The plan was the guide for the rapid transformation of Ottawa and Hull from rather dreary industrial towns into an...
Prevenir l'exurbanisation: le Plan Greber de 1950 pour Montreal [1].(Jacques Greber )(Critical Essay)
March 1, 2001... Resume
Cet article Presente un projet allant a contre-courant de la tendance de fond qui, sous la poussee des forces centrifuges, allait engendrer une forme urbaine eclatee comme modele de croissance dans la region de Montreal. Dans son...